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- W3158148395 abstract "The tension between protecting defendants from multiple punitive damages awards for a single act and ensuring that wronged plaintiffs can recover punitive damages is one of the most pressing problems in punitive damages law today. Numerous commentators have proposed non-opt-out class actions for punitive damages as the best solution to the “multiple punishment” problem because they subject defendants to a single collective punitive damages award that can be distributed equitably across all injured plaintiffs. This Article challenges that position. It argues that mandatory classes improperly deprive class plaintiffs of their right to opt out and pursue their own individual claims while allowing defendants to selfservingly cap their punitive damages liability at an artificially low level that thwarts the punishment and deterrence purposes of punitive damages. First, this Article explains that because the Supreme Court has held that an individual plaintiff can collect punitive damages only for harm done to that plaintiff, allowing plaintiffs to opt out and pursue their own claims creates no risk of imposing duplicative punishment on defendants. Second, this Article suggests that mandatory classes are particularly inappropriate for class action settlements because settlements are not punitive in nature. In a class settlement, parties have incentives to manipulate the settlement fund’s allocation of punitive damages in ways that bear no connection to wrongdoing or punishment, and that allow defendants to significantly reduce their punitive damages exposure. Instead, preserving class members’ right to opt out protects plaintiff autonomy and helps ensure that defendants pay an appropriate amount of punitive damages. ∗ Associate Professor of Law, Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University. B.A. 1997, Yale University; J.D. 2001 Yale Law School. I would like to thank Benjamin Barton, Dan Filler, Alex Geisinger, David Cohen, Terry Seligmann, Kate Kruse, and the faculty of the UNLV School of Law for their thoughtful feedback. 28-Feb-11] THE DISAPPEARING OPT-OUT RIGHT i" @default.
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- W3158148395 title "The Disappearing Opt-Out Right in Punitive Damages Class Actions" @default.
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